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October 2nd, 2009, 10:22 AM
What happened next is unclear and under investigation. After an exchange of gunfire, Wheeler was dead and a deputy was shot in the hand. Gossom said bullet holes riddled the back seat cushion of the chair where Wheeler was sitting and the floor of his deck.
The two deputies involved are back on duty. Deputy Curtis Hamlin returned to light duty Thursday, but still needs surgery to have shotgun pellets removed from his hand, Cunningham said. Chief Deputy J.T. Mitchell came back Wednesday after a mandatory 72-hour administrative leave.
"You always want to give police officers the benefit of the doubt because they're doing a hard job," Gossom said. "But I'm having a difficult time — after having been out to the scene and talked to a few witnesses — to figure out why in the world this should have happened."
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The two deputies involved are back on duty. Deputy Curtis Hamlin returned to light duty Thursday, but still needs surgery to have shotgun pellets removed from his hand, Cunningham said. Chief Deputy J.T. Mitchell came back Wednesday after a mandatory 72-hour administrative leave.
"You always want to give police officers the benefit of the doubt because they're doing a hard job," Gossom said. "But I'm having a difficult time — after having been out to the scene and talked to a few witnesses — to figure out why in the world this should have happened."
read more here:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33128108/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/